ashely sent
us an update concerning if you are interested in purchasing elliottt's
studio. fans who are seriously interested will need to send an email
again with additional information. to find more about the information
the family is requesting, please go to the
studio page here. we will add any future updates to that page as
well. thanks to ashley!

thanks to
nikki for sending info for a tribute for elliott in belfast, northern
ireland :) thanks to the organizers. here is what nikki sent and the
tickerts are on sale now: i just wanted to let you know that there is
an upcoming tribute in belfast, northern ireland, entitled "elliott
smith - a tribute in music and film". it takes place in the waterfront
hall studio, belfast, on may 6th at 8pm. tickets are £5, and
are available on ticketmaster
(uk) and the waterfront box-office.

thanks to
mello-jo for sending this that there is a chance that some of elliott's
unreleased songs will be in mike mill's upcoming film, thumbsucker.
here is mello-jo with a little more info: i just thought i'd let you
know (if you don't already) that apparently there's a film with keanu
reeves in it being made at the moment, and tim delaugher from the polyphonic
spree is doing the soundtrack and he will be using unreleased elliott
songs. go to imdb.com
for more info concerning the movie.

finally
here are some couple things that were sent to us recently: thanks to
lisa for sending this: i saw joan as policewoman opening for rufus wainwright
last week, and she sang a song about elliott. idon't know the name of
it, and i haven't been able to find it online, but ithought you might
be interested that it exists. her website is at joanaspolicewoman.com.
thanks to brian for sending this in too: i thought you might want to
know that the article on elliott from the february 15th la times was
reprinted today (either march 7th or 8th) in the japan times - the largest
english language newspaper in japan. it was great opening it up here
and seeing him. (3.14.04)

elliott's
recording studio for sale

Hello!
Ashley here. Elliott's family would like to get the word out that there
is something major happening with Elliott's studio. As many of you may
know, he amassed an amazing collection of vintage studio recording equipment,
as well as all the normal stuff that a studio needs, and we've been
trying to figure out the best way to take care of it. After much thought
and careful consideration, we realized that we do not have the structure,
administration, or quite frankly, the money to keep the studio up and
running. This was a difficult decision, but one that the family has
come to, and so regretfully we must sell the studio. We're very much
hoping that we find that special person who will love and cherish all
the equipment in there like he did. We really don't want to piece out
the stuff, because it just feels weird. We're hoping that you, or maybe
someone you know, might have the means and the desire to try and aquire
all of his studio equipment, take over the monthly rent, and basically
own and operate his studio as your own from now on. Ideally we'd love
to sell it to someone who would run it similarly to his plan, which
was low-cost for bands who don't have the big bucks in recording deals.
However, if that person doesn't come along, we'd settle on selling it
to someone who would use it and respect it, however they saw fit. We
wanted to post this information on here, where fans check, so that if
anyone reading this does have the means, they can have the opportunity
to buy it first. If you are seriously interested, please send an email
with your phone number to this address: elliotts_studio@yahoo.com.
We're only considering people who want to buy the whole thing as one
piece right now, because that seems the least disruptive to his space
and his stuff that he loved so much. Thank you. (3.11.04)

pretty
(ugly before) 7" single rereleased!

thanks
to brian and alicia for letting us know that suicide
squeeze records sent out an update and it included this awesome
bit of info: "elliott smith "pretty (ugly before) 7".
this 2003 release was originally limited to a pressing of 5000 copies.
if you missed out on the first pressing here's your chance to make good
and own this classic release." if you want to pick one up, please
go here! thanks
to david too! (3.2.04)